Patterns in specific leaf area and the structure of a temperate heath community

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 105-112

  Burns, K C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Density compensation; Gradient; Leaf; Peat bog; Plant; Plasticity; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HEATHLAND; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; LEAF AREA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; ERICACEAE;

EID: 2342619647     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2004.00058.x     Document Type: Article

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